Tex: I think I want to keep the potential for roasting larger amounts, so I'm not gonna mess with the overall diameter. And, given that the spacer was the part that pushed me over the edge when I was putting my roaster together, trying to make another one would be out of the question.....
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So, I will tackle the probe issue next; see if I can find a way to stabilize it. I remember now that I asked for advice on how to do that a while back and then.....ignored it all and went on my merry way without figuring it out. Oops....Guess I'll go back and see what my options are. I think I am using the probe that you (Peter) recommended.
One more question: do you have the lower heater on or off? Per BW's suggestions when I first turned the thing on, I have been pre-heating the roaster with both heaters on, and.....to date have been leaving them both on....well, except that I've had a couple of mishaps. With the Supentown oven, when I lift the top to put the beans into the pre-heated roaster, the handle lift turns to bleeping heater off. A couple of times now I haven't realized that the heat hasn't gone back on.....A A R G H....nerves.....
It will definitely help to stabilize that probe. Currently I'm trying to do too many things, and more than a half at a time is a lot for me. (Like the line in the Jimmy Dale Gilmore song: "I can't count to one without thinking twice...."
Thanks for the help.
Susan